Intarsia knitting

Intarsia knitting is a way of working with threads of different colors.

            It can be as few as two different colors or as many as ten (or more!). Unlike straight island knitting (see below), intarsia  knitting does not bind the back of the  piece to colors you are not currently working with.

            The back of the Fair Isle Knit has many different colored yarns criss-crossed, which can end up being quite large.

            This is avoided in intarsia weaving, because threads of  different colors are twisted together when the color is changed.